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P. X. ZIRNKILTONQ ARTICLE OF JEWELRY.

N ,617. Patented June 28, 1898.

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FRANCIS X. ZIRNKILTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' ARTICLE-OF JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,617, dated June 28, 1898.

' Applieation filed August 30,1897.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Articles of Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved article of jewelry, such as an ornamental button or pin, and to make the same of metal instead of silk, as heretofore.

Society emblems or buttons of this typeare usually made of a cup-shaped body covered silk is formed, indicating a certain society or order. Buttons made in this manner are eX- pensive and soon' become soiled and frayed, and by makinga button entirely of metal Ican reduce the cost, and the button is practically indestructible, it can be readily cleaned, and can be made of cheap metal colored or may be made of precious metals, such as gold, silver, and platinum.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective view of my improved button. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a plan view. Figs. 4 to 9, inclusive, are views showing the diiferent steps in form ing the cup. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are views showing the different steps in forming the rosette. disk used with the rosette. Figs. 14 and 15 are views showingthepartially-finished button. Figs. 16 and 17 are views showing another method of making the cup. Fig. 18 is a view of a pin made in accordance with my invention. Figs. 19 to 23, inclusive, are diagram views showing the dies and tools used in making the cup, and Fig. 24 is a View illustratinga special form of button made in ac-.

cordance with my invention. v

A is a cup having a base a anda deep flange a. perforation is passed the post B, which forms the support for the cup and is preferably flared at itslower end and secured to or forming part of the base-plate O. The cup is preferably brazed to the post, after which the post may be split at the upper endto form fingers b, Fig. 15, on which is sec ured'the rosette D, held thereto either by brazing or by the enamel. After the parts are secured in posi- Fig. 13 is a view of an intermediate.

This cup is perforated,'and through the semi No. 649,972, (No model.)

tion the head of the button is enameled in any suitable coloror colors, accordingto the requirements of the society or order to whichthe button refers. The cup and rosette are made to imitate silk, so that at a short distance the button resembles the usual silk button.

In making the cup A, I proceed as follows: I first take a flat blank, Fig. 4, and press it up and cut it in the dies, Fig. 19, to the form shown in Fig. 5, then repress and punch the hole a in the die, 20. The re-pressing is for the purpose of forming the flat bottom and straight sides. The partly-finished blank, Fig. 6, is then mounted on a spindle of a lathe.

The spindle has aseries of inclined ribs on -i-ts'periphery, and a milling-tool having corresponding ribs is pressed against the exterior of the flange a of the cup A, as in Fig. 21, which Willrib the inside and outside of the flange, as shown in Fig. 7. This step will give a partial silk effect, but in order to more clearly; resemble silk I re-press the cup again with dies having vertical ribs, Fig. 22, so that when the cup is pressed the dies will form ribs on the cup which cross the-other ribs, giving the peculiar eflect desired, Fig. 8, at the same time reshaping the cup. The edge of the flange a of the cup is then milled by a tool, Fig. 23, to give the effect of the silk passing over the edge of the cup, asin Fig. 9.

I make the rosette from a blank, Fig. 10,

rib its surface to imitate silk, then serrate its edge, Fig.-11, and strike it up, Fig. 12, to imitatesilk gathered to form a rosette. l'may in some instances form the cup by and secure the ring to a disk to form a cup;

but I prefer the method referred to'above. I place between the rosette and the cup a second notched disk a preferably'dished, as shown in Fig. 24 and in detail in Fig. 13, when it is desired to make the rosette deep, so as to fully cover the bottom of the cup, thus hiding the spaces at the serrated edge of the rosette, and I may alter the design of the rosette or place an emblem within the cup, with or Without the rosette, withoutdeparting from my invention.

By making the article as hereinbefore described I am enabled to provide a button or pin of metal which is an exact reproduction of a silk button or pin and which will have the advantage of being stronger, more cheaply made, and which will remain clear and bright and can be cleaned.

I claim as my i mention- 1. In an article of jewelry, the combination with a perforated cup open at the top, of an ornamental center within the cup and below the upper edge thereof, a post forming the support for the cup extending through the perforation in the cup and secured both to the cup and to the ornamental center, substantially as described.

2. In an article of jewelry, the combination with a perforated cup, of a post forming the support for the cup passing through the perforation in the cup and secured thereto, with a rosette secured to the end of the post within the cup but not attached to the cup, substantially as described.

In an article of jewelry, the combination with a perforated cup, of a post forming the support for the cup, said post having a base at one end and passing through the perforation in the cup, and a rosette secured to the opposite end of the post within the cup but not attached to the cup, substantially as described.

l. In an article of jewelry, the combination of the perforated cup, a post extending therethrough and secured thereto and having its end split, forming fingers, with a rosette secured to the fingers of the post within the cup, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in an article of jewelry, of a cup, a notched disk mounted within the cup, and a rosette mounted above the disk and below the top of the cup, substantially as described.

6. In an article of jewelry, the combination of a cup having an ornamental inner and outer surface and edge, a post secured to the cup, and a ribbed disk having an undulating surface and a serrated edge to represent a rosette said disk being mounted within the cup and attached to the post, substantially as described.

7. In an article of jewelry, the combination of a cup having a ribbed inner and outer surface and edge, a post secured to the cup, and a ribbed disk having an undulating surface and a serrated edge to represent a rosette, said disk being mounted within the cup and below the upper edge thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS X. ZlltNKll/FON.

Vitnesscs:

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. ll. KLEIN. 

